Improvement in washing-machines



M, F. McINTYR E.

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Wheaties.

UNITED STATES PATENT O EIoE.

MALCOLM F.MOINTYRE, OF GIRARD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR HIMSELF AND JAMES WEBSTER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,893, dated May 21, 1872.

do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, suftlcient to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification and to the .letters and figures marked thereon.

. The nature of my invention consists in a dasher of peculiar construction, used for agitating the water and pounding the clothes,

and thereby thoroughly cleansing the clothes which are being washed. y p

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a central vertical section of my device, showing the dasher-rod attached to a lever, and also showing a tub or wash-boiler, the lever and tub being in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the dasher.

A represents a circular concave casing, of wood or metal, provided with a number of chutes, B B, arranged alternately on the outside and inside peripheries of said casing. A diaphragm, (1, is provided near the top of the casing, and is so placed to receive a number of oblong chambers, D D, which radiate from a socket, E, passing through the center of the casing A, and are attached to diaphragm (J and socket E by any suitable means. A narrow band, F, partly surrounds these chambers, and is attached to them. Openings we are made in the casing A to communicate with the chutes B, and these chutes have lips or overlapping portions 1), whereby the water is caught up. The chambers D extend below the level of casing A, and the chutes B also project below said level. By this arrangement I find that the water is more thoroughly agita ted, and consequently the clothes are better washed. A vertical reciprocating motion is given the dasher through its rod G, either by hand or by a lever, I, to which said rod may be attached, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The rod G is secured in socket E in any suitable manner. H (dotted lines) represents a tub or boiler in which the clothes are placed, together with the water and suds. The dasher may be used while the clothes are being boiled in the boiler, or after they have been turned out into the tub, as may be desired.

As the dasher is moved in the required manner the water is sucked up by it and then forced back through the clothes; and the clothes are subjected to agitation from the suction and forcing of the water, and to a beating or pound .ing from the dasher as it descends.

To accomplish these ends I have provided so many parts. They serve the purpose of snction, forcing and pounding in the best manner, and thoroughly and quickly cleanse the clothes without tearing or otherwise injuring them.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of the easing A, chutes B B, diaphragm O, chambers D,

- and band F, when constructed as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention, signed by me this 21st day of February, 1872. MALCOLM F. MCINTYRE. Witnesses:

' R. S. BATTLES,

0. F. WEBSTER. 

